Annual Leave Options Sample Clauses

Annual Leave Options. (a) To exercise one or more of the options specified in this subclause, a practitioner must make written application in the manner prescribed by the Employer. (i) At the request of a practitioner, the Employer may agree to an arrangement (‘the arrangement’) whereby the practitioner accrues either 1 (51/52), 2 (50/52), 3 (49/52) or 4 (48/52) weeks additional annual leave in lieu of salary of the equivalent value. Both the agreement to the arrangement and the time at which the additional leave is taken will be dependent on the operational requirements of the Department where the practitioner works at the particular time. (ii) Unless otherwise agreed between the practitioner and the Employer, a practitioner who enters into an arrangement under this subclause does so in blocks of 12 months. Further, it will be assumed that, a practitioner having entered into the arrangement will be continuing from year to year unless the Employer is otherwise notified in writing by the practitioner. (c) For the purposes of this subclause and without limiting the meaning of the term ‘operational requirements’ may include: (i) the availability of suitable leave cover, if required; (ii) the cost implications; (iii) the impact on patient care; (iv) the impact on the work of other practitioners. (d) the portion of the practitioner’s salary to be forfeited shall be calculated as a fortnightly amount and their fortnightly salary shall be decreased by that amount for the duration of the arrangement. (e) All annual leave taken during the course of the arrangement shall be paid at the reduced rate. (f) The additional annual leave shall continue to accrue while the practitioner is on leave during the course of the arrangement. (g) The reduced salary shall be used for all purposes during the course of the arrangement, apart from calculating contributions to superannuation. Double the leave on half pay (h) Subject to operational requirements as defined in this subclause and with the agreement of the Employer, a practitioner may elect to take twice the period of any portion of their annual leave at half pay. Less Leave, more pay (i) Unless otherwise agreed by the Employer, arrangements under subclauses (j) and (k) shall be for periods of 12 months. (j) If at the commencement of each 12 month block of this arrangement a practitioner has a minimum of four weeks of annual leave available to be taken in that year, the practitioner may opt to forfeit the accrual of 1 or 2 weeks annual leave in f...